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joint family

noun

  1. a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of joint family1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Sujata's life was overturned three months ago when her 18-month-old daughter Ambika, drowned in the pond at their joint family home in Kultali.

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The Kesarwanis had a family business dealing in timber and lived in a joint family.

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The right’s fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., which will be 100 years old next year, has been likened to a “large Indian joint family” — it has many offshoots, all working closely for the same goal.

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It was once inhabited by a boisterous joint family, but today, only he and his mother live there.

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His mother later told me that she and K.’s father hoped to live there with their sons and their wives and eventual children, as a traditional Indian joint family.

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